Judges Press EPA on Investigation Into Waste Recycling Contamination

摘要

The EPA's investigation into illegal discarding of hazardous waste in the recycling industry came under scrutiny today during appeals court oral arguments over the agency's 2015 recycling regulations {API v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 09-1038, oral arguments 11/3/16). A Justice Department attorney representing the Environmental Protection Agency justified the rulemaking by pointing to contamination tied to recycling in 250 documented cases. However, a judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Stephen Williams, challenged the EPA on whether its investigation was broader than those specific cases.